The Second Circuit ruled Canadian cigarette manufacturer Grand River Enterprises failed to state a claim for relief in its case challenging Connecticut’s “Reconciliation Requirement,” which imposes reporting requirements upon cigarette manufacturers that have chosen not to participate in the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit affirmed the FDA’s ruling determining that e-cigarettes are “tobacco products” subject to regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, over e-cigarette industry objections.
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The global tobacco industry has aggressively lobbied governments during the Covid-19 pandemic to expand markets and blunt measures designed to curb their business, a report from watchdog groups aligned with the World Health Organization claimed on Tuesday.
Read moreA federal court in Pennsylvania granted a group of cigar manufacturers and distributors’ request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Philadelphia from enforcing an ordinance that prohibits the sale of tobacco products flavors or aromas other than the flavor or aroma of tobacco.
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A Kentucky-based e-cigarette retailer lacks standing to challenge an FDA deadline for regulatory filings on vapor and nicotine products because the deadline was issued by a federal judge, not the government, the Sixth Circuit held Monday.
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Vaping manufacturers and retailers pointed to what they called the government’s “whack-a-mole approach to the Appointments Clause” Wednesday in a D.C. Circuit appeal over e-cigarette regulation.
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One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday.
Read moreA federal court in Minnesota dismissed a group of tobacco companies’ suit against the city of Edina relating to a recently adopted ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco products.
Read moreCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that bans the sale of flavored tobacco — including menthol cigarettes — but not hookahs or handmade “premium” cigars.
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Spain’s Canary Islands said on Thursday it would ban smoking outdoors when social distancing cannot be guaranteed to curb the coronavirus, a day after Galicia took a similar measure.
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An e-cigarette and vapor technology retailer argued before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration’s deadlines for regulation of its vaping products are arbitrary and violate the Administrative Procedure Act.
Read moreA Florida appeals court held R.J. Reynolds responsible for making payments in perpetuity to the state based on future sales of its cigarettes to settle all claims of liability under a 1997 agreement.
Read moreA class action in Orange County Court, Calif., claims R.J. Reynolds Tobacco discriminates against Black and homosexual employees by, among other things, “advising employees, such as the plaintiff, that they work for a ‘conservative company’ based in North Carolina and that the gay lifestyle is ‘offensive’ not only to plaintiff’s teammates but also management and those in leadership position.”
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WASHINGTON (CN) — U.S. regulators bungled a mandate for cigar and pipe tobacco packaging and advertising to include warnings similar
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A South African high court on Friday dismissed a bid by tobacco makers to unban sales of their products, saying the addictiveness of cigarettes did not qualify them as essential products.
Read moreThe Neighborhood Market Association claims San Diego County has unconstitutionally banned the sale and distribution of flavored smoking products and electronic smoking devices for one year.
Read moreR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. et al. sued Edina, Minn. in federal court, claiming its ban on sales of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, is preempted by federal law.
Read moreThe African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council sued of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar et al. in federal court for failing to ban menthol cigarettes.
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A controversial decision to provide alcohol, marijuana and tobacco to homeless people quarantined in hotel rooms in San Francisco has sparked controversy, but several addiction treatment experts say it is not an outlandish strategy.
Read moreForty-Eight lawsuits were filed against Juul Labs in San Francisco Federal Court on Monday, accusing it of fraud and false advertising aimed at young people for its nicotine vaping products.
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